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What you may not know about the EOBR bill

January 31, 2012

Since I reported on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's attempts to gain new regulatory authority over interstate drivers relative to the Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) program's now-internal Driver Safety ...

DOT awards research grants

January 17, 2012

Agency dispensed $77 million in grants to 22 University Transportation Centers to advance transportation research and education programs.

Freight index up in November

January 11, 2012

Freight TSI rose 0.1 percent in November from October and 4.8 percent from a year earlier.

DOT to provide $1.6B for road, bridge repairs

January 9, 2012

Money will be available to states and territories to help cover the costs of repairing roads and bridges damaged by natural disasters.

FMCSA’s hours rule justification includes, well, guess who…

December 29, 2011

You can imagine my surprise yesterday when, just as I'm perusing portions of the new hours rule's full text in preparation for a story or two I'm putting together for ...

Freight TSI dips in October

December 14, 2011

The index is 4 percent higher than in October 2010.

Take CSA challenge: Win iPad, $5,000

December 10, 2011

The folks at Big Truck TV, in partnership with AT&T, have announced a competition taking applications from potential competitors, including you, through early February. "The CSA Challenge will comprise six ...

Trade with Canada, Mexico up

November 30, 2011

Surface transportation trade among the three countries increased 13.8 percent in September over September 2010.

Revision of hours rule gets postponed again

November 29, 2011

FMCSA said that it expects to issue the final rule within the next 30 days.

ATA rebuts LaHood on hours proposal research

October 25, 2011

Transportation secretary said comprehensive data and analysis on driver fatigue supports proposed changes.
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